Week 4 people...WEEK 4!!!!!!!!!!!!

So we meet once again, eh? It's week 4 already!!! That means only 12 more weeks left!! I was thinking this past week about the week before I left for Mexico with Youth With A Mission Metro New York to finish outreach, and how I was keeping a count down for the number of days before left for Mexico, and another count down for the number of days till I left for the Philippines, and at the time it had been 90 days!! That's three months!! and here, i'm writing this after being here for almost one month! Time flies when one is having fun, no?

To say that this week was better then last week, was better then last, would be a major understatement. Thank you to everyone who prayed for me this week! I definitely felt them, and I ask that you continue to keep me prayer while i'm here in the Philippines. Before coming here, I didn't know what to expect. I didn't know what the children were going to be like, I didn't know what the living conditions were going to be like. I didn't even know what I was going to be doing while here. I had an idea of what I was going to be doing, but that's about it. Well now that i've been here almost a month, it'll be a month on Thursday, things are starting to become a little more routine, and some-what comfortable. The children are amazing. They are starting to warm up to me a little bit more daily. I can see a difference in behavior even in the little amount of time that i've been here. They are starting to listen to staff better, and follow the rules better. They still slip-up, but they are definitely getting better.

On Monday we implementing a daily schedule that will keep the children occupied from 7:00 in the morning to about 7:30 in the evening. I am in charge of outdoor games and activities from 3- 6 in the afternoon, and for a nightly devotion. We started the devotions on Friday, and so far it's been pretty good. But please pray for me, as this is my first time doing this kind of thing.

Another quick prayer request, Angela Taylor, one of the co-founders of New Beginnings Children's Ministry is in the process of trying to adopt Ru, one of the girls in the home who is autistic, to bring her back to the States for medical treatment since it's better there then here in the Philippians. Filipino's don't really care for Autistic, or any disabilities for lack of a better word. She needs about $12,000 USD to make the adoption possible. But it's a slow and tedious process. If you feel led to give, please let me know, and i can found out what the easiest way to do that is. My email address is mdvaccaro@msn.com, or you can just facebook message me if we are friends on Facebook. Thanks.

That's all I have for now, but as always, if anything interesting happens in the middle of the week, i'll post a mini update.

With the wind,

Mark